I saw a mobil 1 0-30 with a green stripe on the label.Bob_Fout said:Do they carry M1 0w40?
I don't know, I didn't look at it because it was neither a 5-40 nor a 5-30 and I was primarily there to look at the Q-State and Penn oils tat were mentioned earlier at the beginning of this thread.Bob_Fout said:What specs does it meet?
Dealers set their own prices. Some like you and your money, some just like your money. In Richmond, Va. it's $7 something. Also the M.Benz dealer is cheaper on Mobil 1 than Walmart ( but it's packaged just for Benz w/o the other specs on the bottle.)Jules Pacheco said:I called another vw dealership in Braintree Ma.and asked them what oil they used in new TDI's. They said they used Castrol SLX prof. LL03 5w-30. I asked them the price and they said $7.39/L. What's up with the Wellesley VW price ? ??
Be careful here, There are 2 different Mobil 1 ESPs here, one is 5W-30 and the other 5W-40.Simca1204 said:Also the M.Benz dealer is cheaper on Mobil 1 than Walmart ( but it's packaged just for Benz w/o the other specs on the bottle.)
Maybe. Remember the whole green/gold Castrol 0w30 fascination? AutoZone had two different versions of Castrol 0w30, one from Europe and one from the US, both carried the same stock number. One was the good stuff, the other wasn't, and no one at AZ had a clue about the products they stocked and sold.FL2AK-tdi said:Because of the data sheets that are linked in the earliest part of this thread. Do you really think that a petroleum company is making two differnt formulations of light duty diesel vehicle engine oil to two different standards in the same viscosity?
its too early for the service, my car has only 80mi on it, and I would change oil myself anyway, with their oil, of course. I just cant afford having someone else do the job for free.TornadoRed said:To the OP: if the dealership says they are using a Quaker State oil that meets VW 507.00, simply ask to see one of the containers. And if they are going to change the oil for you, ask to see all five liters of the oil on the parts counter before you hand over the keys to a service advisor.
And ask for them to only pour in 4.5 liters and leave the other 0.5 liters so you'll have some for topping-up. If the container with the 0.5 liters remaining says 507.00 in the fine print, then you should be okay. But for warranty purposes, ask them to put 507.00 on the work order too.
I think that is quite possibly the most profound statement about VW dealer service in general that I have ever read.bmwM5power said:I just cant afford having someone else do the job for free.
It's Wellesley....and they canJules Pacheco said:What's up with the Wellesley VW price ? ??
5w40 is a safe choice for your model and year, because all 5w40 oils are synthetic and all are diesel-rated. SOME 5w30 and 0w40 oils are suitable, but may not be the best. MOST 5w30 synthetics are for gasoline engines only, in particular the ones you are most likely to see at the usual auto parts stores.VOLKSWAGEN_JETTA_TDI said:I have been looking around the thread's, and have seen many people using different types of oil grades. The dealer had told me only to use SAE 5w40 for my 2000 vw jetta tdi, other grade oil's will ruin the engine.
Can I use 0w40 and 5w30 full synthetic in my car, without any demage?
And oh yea, the dealer said, the oil has to be Castrol Syntec, no other oil will do, which made me return the Shell Rotella T.
ACEA: "A" is gas, "B" is light duty diesel, "C" is diesel with DPF, "E" is truck diesel. It's detailed here: http://www.acea.be/index.php/news/news_detail/acea_european_oil_sequences_2008/FL2AK-tdi said:Oh, well that is news to me. It's ACEA A3/B5, any ANEA A standard is for cars and B standards are for heavy trucks.
Neither Mal-Warts nor FLAPS carry Syntec 5-40 up here. Not in the four years that I've lived in AK.
Here's mine. I'm just curious, do you know where did DD get the Delvac 1 ESP?KALaBenne said:Be careful here, There are 2 different Mobil 1 ESPs here, one is 5W-30 and the other 5W-40.
5W-30 is VAG 507.00 and MB 229.51 (and quite a few more)
5W-40 is only MB 229.51
The other way to tell the difference (because the numbers on the back of the 5W-30 are very small) is that the MB only oil is in quarts.
The Mobil 1 VAG 507.00 oil that you need is in liters only.
If you can find a Chrysler dealer that has it it's part # 68001334AA but they are phasing it out in favor of Pennzoil (i.e. the product this thread is about)
Pic of 5W-40 (and delvac btw)
Pic of 5W-30
If you want it even cheaper than avlube.com I just noticed that 1stchryslerparts.com has it for $6.47/liter plus shipping (never even ordered from them but probably will soon) You'll have to get to where you can look it up by part #. (edit--They have a company policy that prevents them from shipping oil. what a pity)
So, the Mercedes dealers do not have what you want (unless of course your lucky enough to drive one).
Thanks for the info. It's about time that Pep Boys carry M1 ESP & ESP Formula M.barshnik said:Hope this isn't a thread hijack, but Pep Boys now sells Mobile 1 ESP formula 504.00 / 507.00 for $6.99 / liter - at least in the west, and I'd suspect nation wide. The Pep Boys SKU (part number) is 98JA93 if your local PB doesn't have it in stock.
They also stock the ESP formula M (the Mercedes Benz 5W40 low ash stuff) for the same $6.99 price in case someone wants to give that a try in their CR... (not me, and I don't recommend anyone try it!)